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تُحِيطُ

Root: حوط

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تُحِيطُ and تَحُوطُ and تَحِيطُ and تِحِيطُ and يَحِيطُ and and التَّحِيطُ [and and ] The year of dearth, scarcity, or straitness, that destroys the beasts, or men: تَحُوطُ being from حَاطَ بِهِ in the sense of أَحَاطَ; or it is used as a term of good omen; accord. to the A. You say, وَقَعُوا فِى تُحِيطَ, &c., [the last word being a noun imperfectly decl., They fell into the affliction of a year of dearth, &c.]
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